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The economics of substance use and abuse deals with the consumption of goods that share two properties. This work contains estimates of the price sensitivity of alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana, cocaine and heroin. It focuses on the effects of consumption on earnings, crime, suicide and sexually transmitted diseases.
List of contents
Individual behaviour. The psychobiology of aggressive behaviour (L. Traskman-Bendz, S. Westling). Individual behaviors and substance use: the role of price (M. Grossman). Demand for illicit drugs among pregnant women (H. Corman, et al.). The effect of alcohol consumption on the earnings of older workers (H. Saffer, D. Dave). Drugs and juvenile crime: evidence from a panel of siblings and twins (H.N. Mocan, E. Tekin). Antidepressants and the suicide rate: is there a connection? (M. Dahlberg, D. Lundin). Social interactions. Choice, social interaction, and addiction: the social roots of addictive preferences (O.J. Skog). The spread of drug use: epidemic models or social interaction? (H.O. Melberg). Structural estimation of peer effects in youth smoking (B. Krauth). Markets. Trends in wine consumption in Norway - is diffusion theory applicable? (I. Rossow). An investigation of the effects of alcohol policies on youth STDs (M. Grossman, R. Kaestner, S. Markowitz). Can we model the impact of increased drug treatment expenditure on the UK drug market? (C. Godfrey, et al.). Tobacco control policies and youth smoking: evidence from a new era (J. Tauras, S. Markowitz, J. Cawley). The fires aren't out yet: higher taxes and young adult smoking (P. DeCicca, D. Kenkel, A. Mathios). Coupons and advertising in markets for addictive goods: do cigarette manufacturers react to known future tax increases? (D. Lillard, A. Sfekas). Politics. Symbolism and rationality in the politics of psychoactive substances (Robin Room). What does it mean to decriminalize marijuana? A cross-national empirical examination (R. Liccardo Pacula, et al.). Economic perspectives on injecting drug use (D. E Bloom, A. Mahal, B. O'Flaherty). Models pertaining to how drug policy should vary over the course of a drug epidemic (J. P. Caulkins). Economic evaluation of relapse prevention for substance users: treatment settings with healthcare policy (T. Yamada, C.-C. Chen, T.Yamada).
Summary
The economics of substance use and abuse deals with the consumption of goods that share two properties. This work contains estimates of the price sensitivity of alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana, cocaine and heroin. It focuses on the effects of consumption on earnings, crime, suicide and sexually transmitted diseases.
